Bank Healthcare Assistant

At Rennie Grove Peace, we are committed to creating a workplace where our staff can develop their careers and make a real difference.
A summary of benefits is below:

Competitive salaries

Generous holiday entitlement

Health Cash Plan

Salary £13.21 per hour

Location Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care Geographical areas - Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire

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The Vacancy

Bank Healthcare Assistant

• Hours:bank

• Location:Rennie Grove Peace Geographical Area

• Salary:£13.21 per hour

• Closing date:15 October at 12 noon

• Interview date:TBC

The role of Healthcare Assistant is in place to provide end of life care to patients in their own homes in the final weeks of life.

• We are looking for caring staff who could provide personal care to patients in their last weeks of life.
• If you think this is you then we can offer a variety of shift patterns to suit working across a 7 day week.
• You will be visiting patients living in your local area, who wish to be cared for in their own home.
• You will provide support with washing, dressing, nutrition, and skin care.
• During your visit you will spend time talking to patients and their relatives, using your skills to ascertain the best possible care for the individual.
• Visits are mainly provided by 2 carers, but there are times when you will visit alone, so you must have access to your own car.
• Experience is not essential as training will be given but ideally you will have had some experience of prior caring i.e. for a dying relative, childcare etc.

• Demonstrate and maintain consistently high standards of individualised personal care and support under guidance of Management.
• Work alongside the patient’s families and/or health care professionals, maintaining an approach that incorporates physical, psychological, social and spiritual aspects of care in accordance with the Rennie Grove Peace philosophy.
• Observe and report changes in the patient’s symptoms, conditions and circumstances to the management and notify other healthcare professionals as necessary.
• Work in accordance with the patient’s agreed care plan.
• Responsible for identifying and acting on any risk of safeguarding to patients and their families in accordance with the Rennie Grove Peace policies.

• All candidates must
  have the right to work in the UK.
• We do not sponsor for this role and due to the minimal hours required for this role, we cannot progress applications for candidates sponsored by another employer.
• Manual handling and/or heavy lifting.
• Full, current valid UK driving licence.
• Access to a vehicle which can be used for work purposes.
• Car insurance, including business cover
• Disclosure and Barring Services Check:
  Enhanced – child and adult
• A good level of IT literacy is required, including confidence in using Microsoft Office applications, email, and other digital systems relevant to the role

At Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care we strive to continuously demonstrate our values. These values are embedded in our recruitment and selection process, and we are fully committed to equality, diversity and inclusion in both our workforce and within our culture.

If you are disabled and best meet the minimum requirements for the job specification, we will invite you to interview. You can contact us to let us know if you need any adjustments during the recruitment process.

At Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care, we’re all about making every moment matter for our patients and families, and you can play your part in that. We will support people of all ages who are affected by a progressive life- limiting illness (and those who care for them), to live as well as possible by providing…